> In a message dated 97-05-01 09:46:00 EDT, Deborah wrote:> > << For vouchers? You must be joking! I'd vote government out of the > education business, tomorrow. Yep, If I could, I sure would.> >>> > Who then pays for the schooling of a poor kid in downtown DC or rural West> Virginia? The "government" is nothing more (nor less) than the collective> will of the individual people of a country. You will notice that in my plan,> the "government" has no role in setting policy or procedures at any> school...just in being the vehicle for the society at large to express its> belief in the necessity of the universality of being educated by funding the> schools. The individual parents (and kids) would be able to vote with their> feet for the best ones.

Assuming, of course, that the government is willing to sit still while
'its money' is being used by schools lik Sudbury... I still say, this is
the first step on the slippery slope to government _definition_ of schools.